A teenager from Bognor Regis is one of three people accused over the Twitter hack that saw the accounts of politicians and celebrities compromised.
A teenager from Bognor Regis is one of three people accused over the Twitter hack that saw the accounts of politicians and celebrities compromised.
The US Department of Justice said Mason Sheppard, also known as «Chaewon», 19, has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and the intentional access of a protected computer.
The criminal complaint said the attack saw around 130 accounts belonging to politicians, celebrities and musicians compromised.
Accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos and Kim Kardashian were among those affected.
At the time the company confirmed that a «co-ordinated social engineering attack» had allowed criminals to post tweets from accounts offering to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a Bitcoin address.
The company said out of the 130 accounts targeted, 45 were used to send tweets.
